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JSC2007-E-113473 (17 Dec. 2007) --- Astronauts Leland Melvin (left) and Stanley Love, both STS-122 mission specialists, use the virtual reality lab at Johnson Space Center to train for some of their duties aboard the space shuttle and space station. This type of computer interface, paired with virtual reality training hardware and software, helps to prepare the entire team for dealing with space station elements.

JSC2007-E-114209 (20 Dec. 2007) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Hans Schlegel, STS-122 mission specialist, gets help with the final touches in the donning of a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in preparation for a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center.

JSC2007-E-114218 (20 Dec. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Hans Schlegel (partially obscured), both STS-122 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Walheim and Schlegel are attired in training versions of their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits. Divers (out of frame) are in the water to assist the crewmembers in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station.